’XMAS PUDDING CHARMS
The Christmas pudding set. in silver, which included ;i ring, thimble, button, mug, donkey and is still as popular as ever. This set is regarded as a joke, and is hardly ever considered in any other spirit; but tlie demand for charms and luck-bringers is certainly growing. Very few people believe in them, however, and their popularity is no doubt due rather to a love ofbizarre than any desire to propitiate the gods of fortune. However that may !>e, makers have not been backward in cultivating the fancy, and there ,are now charms of every kind seen. Among the latest that come from East are imitation ivory Buddha, a Venus which is particularly ugly, monkey, and an old man. Spiders and black cats are seen on brooches and hat pins; and the number of charms designed fon the bonnets of motor-cars is unlim-* ited. The mascot, another name for the old charm, is much in evidence. and both black cals and coloured monkeys arc made in chenille for use on pin-cushions and lea
cosies. In Ireland tin- three potent elmria... —ring, coin and nui—placed within the “plum pudding" signify marriage, wealth and celibacy, while the sweet almonds that bedeck dwithout typify so many months of prosperity for the recipient.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2827, 23 December 1924, Page 1
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212’XMAS PUDDING CHARMS Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2827, 23 December 1924, Page 1
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